Hopewell Mound Group Hike June 18, 2011

Length: 2 mile Difficulty Level: Easy, Mostly Flat Meet at Hopewell Mound Group parking lot, 3 miles northwest of Chillicothe on Sulphur Lick Rd., mile from Maple Grove Rd. near the west end of Anderson Station Rd. Driving maps are available at the Mound City Group visitor center (16062 State Rt. 104), which opens at 8:30 am. Hopewell Mound Group is a 15 minute drive from the Mound City Group visitor center. At 111 acres, the main enclosure here is the largest single Hopewell earthen-walled area ever found and contained the largest Hopewell burial mound ever built. It was at this former farm owned by Captain Mordecai Hopewell, that this prehistoric culture was first described by archaeologists. It is also from this site that the Hopewell Culture borrows its name.